People
Current Lab Members
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@UCSB
- Richard Boone, Ph.D. student (M.S. & B.S., UCSB)
- Naga Sai Veenadhari Bellamkonda, M.S. student ( B.S., Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Hyderabad)
- Hanbin Hu, Ph.D. student (B.S. & M.S., Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
- Jeonjun Lee, Ph. D. student (B.S. & M.S., Seoul National University)
- Peng Li (Faculty)
- Lakshmi Varshika Mirtinti, M.S. student (B.S., Birla Institute of Technology and Science)
- Karthik Somayaji NS, M.S. student (B.S., PES University)
- Yu Wang, Ph.D. student (M.S., Texas A&M; B.S., Fudan University)
- Wenrui Zhang, Ph.D. student (B.S., University of Science and Technology of China)
Graduated
Doctoral Students
- Myung Seok Shim, Ph.D., December 2020 (B.S., Sung Kyun Kwan
University)
Thesis tile: “Learning architectures and algorithms for collision avoidance and sensor fusion”
First employment: AI Resident, Shell, Houston, Texas
- Yu Liu, Ph. D., August 2019 (B.S., Fudan University; M.S. Purdue
University)
Thesis tile: “Design and Optimization of Energy Efficient Recurrent Spiking Neural Accelerators”
First employment: Apple, Bay Area, California
- Xin Zhan, Ph. D., May 2019 ( B.S., M.S., Huazhong Univ. of Science
and Technology)
Thesis tile: “Distributed IC power delivery: stability-constrained design optimization and workload-aware power management”
First employment: Cadence Design Systems, Austin, Texas
- Jimmy (Yingyezhe) Jin, Ph. D., August 2018 (B.S., Zhejiang
University)
Thesis tile: “Architectures and Training Algorithms of Deep Spiking Neural Networks”
First employment: Research Engineer, Facebook, Bay Area, California
- Ya (Tony) Wang, Ph.D., December 2017 (B.S., Xi'an Jiaotong University) Thesis tile: “Efficient and Robust Simulation, Modeling and Characterization of IC Power Delivery Circuits” First employment: Google, Bay Area, California
- Honghuang Lin, Ph.D., August 2016 (B.S., Tsinghua University)
Thesis tile: “Algorithms for Verification of Analog and Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuits”
Current employment: Apple, Bay Area, California
- Qian Wang, Ph. D. August 2016 (B.S., Harbin Inst. of Technology;
M.S., U. of Kansas)
Thesis tile: “Architectures and Design of VLSI Machine Learning Systems”
Current employment: Computer Vision Research Engineer, Apple, Bay Area, CA
- Parijat Mukherjee, Ph. D. December 2014 (B. Tech. National
Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli; M.S., Texas A&M)
Thesis tile: “Detection and Diagnosis of Out-of-Specification Failures in Mixed-Signal Circuits” First employment: Strategic CAD Laboratories, Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, Oregon
- Tong Xu, Ph. D. December y 2014 (B. S., Tianjin Univ.)
Thesis tile: “Circuit and System Level Design Optimization for Power Delivery and Management” First employment: Cadence Design Systems, San Jose, California
- Suming Lai, Ph.D. December 2014 (B.S., M.S., Xi'an Jiaotong Univ.)
Thesis tile: “Modeling, Design and Optimization of IC Power Delivery with On-chip Voltage Regulation” First employment: Maxim, San Diego, California
- Yong Zhang, Ph. D. May 2014 (B. S., Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ.)
Thesis tile: “Simulation and Design of Biological and Biologically-Motivated Computing Systems” First employment: Cadence Design Systems, San Jose, California
- Yongtae Kim, Ph. D. December 2013 (B. S., M. S., Korea Univ.)
Thesis tile: “Energy Efficient and Error Resilient Neuromorphic Computing in VLSI”
Current position: Assistant Professor, Kyungpook National University, Korea
Previous employment: Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, California
- Leyi Yin, Ph.D. December 2012 (B.S., M.S., Tsinghua Univ.)
Thesis tile: “Formal Verification and In-Situ Test of Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuits”
First employment: Cirrus Logic, Austin, TX
- Zhiyu (Albert) Zeng, Ph.D. December 2011 (B.S., Zhejiang
Univ.)
Thesis tile: “Scalable Analysis, Verification and Design of IC Power Delivery”
Current position: Cadence Design Systems, Austin, Texas
Previous employment: Samsung Austin Research Center (SARC), Austin, TX
- Xiaoji Ye, Ph.D. December 2010 (M.S., Texas A&M, B.S.,
Wuhan Univ.)
Thesis tile: “Parallel VLSI Circuit Analysis and Optimization”
First employment: Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, OR
- Guo Yu, Ph.D., December 2009 (M.S., TU Delft, B. S., Fudan Univ.)
Thesis tile: “Modeling, Test and Optimization of Robust Analog and Mixed-Signal ICs”
First employment: Oracle Corporation, Austin, TX
- Wei Dong, Ph.D., August 2009 (M.S., Shanghai JiaoTong Univ., B. S., Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.) Thesis tile: “Parallel Algorithms for Time and Frequency Domain Circuit Simulation” First employment: Texas Instruments, Dallas, TX
- Zhuo Feng, Ph.D. August 2009 (M.S., National Univ. of Singapore,
B. S., Xi’an JiaoTong Univ.) Thesis tile: “Modeling, Analysis and
Verification of Large-Scale On-Chip Interconnect”
Current position: Associate Professor (NSF Career Award Recipient), Stevens Institute of Technology
Graduated Master's Students
- Jianhao Chen, M.S., August 2020 ( B.S., University of
Science and Technology of China)
Thesis Title: “A Variation-aware adaptation of heterogeneous voltage regulation”
First employment: Cirrus Logic, Austin, TX
- Yu Wang, M.S., December 2019 ( B.S., Fudan University)
Thesis Title: “A scalable, bandwidth minimized FPGA Engine for Parallel Acceleration of Singular Value Decomposition”
(Currently pursuing Ph.D. in the same group at UCSB)
- Ashvin Shenoy Renjal, M.S., December 2019
Thesis Title: “Liquid state machine model with homeostasis and
supervised STDP on neuromorphic Loihi Processorn”
First employment: software engineer, Ericsson, Austin, TX
- Renqian Zhang, M.S. August 2019 (B.S., Fudan University)
Thesis Title: “Onchip Training of Spiking Neural Accelerators using Spike-Train Level Direct Feedback Alignment”
First employment: Cirrus Logic, Austin, TX
- Yang Li, M.S. May 2019 (B.S., Huazhong Univ. of Science and
Technology)
Thesis Title: “Auxiliary loss weighting for robust multi-modal sensor fusion with deep neural networks”
First employment: Software Development Engineer, Seattle, WA
- Chenye Zhao, M.S. May 2019 (B.S., Huazhong Univ. of Science and
Technology)
Thesis Title: “Hardware Testbed and deep neural networks with auxiliary-model regulated gating for resilient multi-model sensor fusion”
Position after graduation: Ph.D. student in computer science at UIC
- Sai Sourabh Yenamachintala, M.S. December 2018 (B.Tech, National
Institute of Technology Warangal)
Thesis Title: "FPGA spiking neural processors with supervised and unsupervised Spike Timing Dependent Plasticity"
First employment: Intel, Folsom, California
- Ting-Jui Chang, M.S. December 2019 (B.S., National Chiao Tung
University)
Thesis Title: “Enhancing resilience against adversarial attacks of deep neural networks using efficient two-step adversarial defense”
Position after graduation: Ph.D. student in Industrial & Systems Engineering at TAMU
- Yukun He, M.S. December 2019 (B.S. Southeast University)
Thesis Title: “Robust Dynamic Step Adversarial Training Defense for Deep Neural Networks”
- Amarnath Mahadevuni, M.S., May 2018 (B.Tech., Indian Inst. of
Technology, Roorkee)
Thesis title: "Autonomous Navigation using Reinforcement Learning with Spiking Neural Networks" First employment: Nvidia, Durham, NC
- Qingran Zheng, M.S., December 2017 (B.S., Beijing Inst. of Tech.)
Thesis title: “Hybrid Verification for Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuits” First employment: Synopsys, Mountain View, California
- Seungjai Ahn, M.S., May 2017 (B.S., University of Washington)
Thesis title: “Energy-efficient Q-Learning for Collision Avoidance of Autonomous Robots” First employment: Intelligent Safety Research Team, Hyundai, Uiwang, Korea
- Sushirdeep Narayana, M.S., May 2017
(B.S., National Institute of Technology, Surathkal, Karnataka) Thesis title: “Affect Recognition using Electroencephalography Features”
Current position: Ph.D. student, UIC
- Ang Li, M.S., August 2016 (B.S., Tsinghua University)
Thesis title: “HNoise-sensitive loop identification for linear time-varying analog circuits”
First employment: Analog Devices, Greensboro, NC
- Sai Srujan Gudibandi, M.S., August 2016 (B.S., Indian Inst.
of Tech. Bhubaneswar)
Thesis title: “PPG heart rate detection in the presence of motion artifacts”
First employment: Global Prior Art Inc., Boston
- Youjie Li, M.S., May 2016 (B. S., Changchun U. of Science
& Tech.)
Thesis title: ““Energy efficient spiking neuromorphic architectures for pattern recognition”
Current Position: Ph.D. student, ECE, UIUC
- Yen-Ju Lin, M.S., August 2016 (B.S., National Taiwan University)
Thesis title: “FPGA-based cascade support vector machine with integrated training
- Hariharan Bhagavatheeswaran, M.S., December 2015 (B.Tech.,
National Institute of Tech., Tiruchirappalli)
Thesis title: “Hardware accelerator for HMM based speech recognition”
First employment: Qualcomm, San Jose, California
- Di Gao, M.S., Dember 2015 (B.S., Harbin Inst. of Tech.)
Thesis title: “Multi-harmonic modeling of low-power PWM DC-DC Converters”
First employment: Cadence Systems, San Jose, Californi
- Kumaran Thulasiraman, M.S., August 2015 (B.Tech., National
Institute of Tech., Tiruchirappalli) Thesis title: “Enhanced
reinforcement learning with attentional feedback and temporally
attenuated distal rewards”
First employment: Cisco, San Jose, California
- David Fan, M.S., May 2015 (B.S. in BME, Duke Univ.)
Thesis title: “Backpropagation for continuous theta neuron networks”
Position after graduation: Ph.D. student, GaTech
- Nityendra Singh, M.S., December 2014 (B.Tech., Indian
Institute of Technology, Kharagpur) Thesis title: “Training
Algorithms for Networks of Spiking Neurons”
First employment: Cadence Design Systems, San Jose, California
- Botang Shao, M.S., August 2014 (B.S., Harbin Inst. of Technology)
Thesis title: “Design of Energy-Efficient Approximate Arithmetic Circuits”
First employment: NXP Semiconductors, Austin, Texas
- Shaodao James Yu, M.S., August 2014 (B.S., University of Texas at
Dallas)
Thesis title: “EEG-based Drowsiness Detection using Support Vector Machine”
First employment: BioTex, Inc., Houston, Texas
- Ahmad Bashaireh, M.S., May 2014 (B.S.,Univ. of Jordan)
Thesis title: “Design Robustness Analysis of Neuromorphic Circuits”
Position after graduation: PhD student at ECE TAMU
- Ruicheng Dai, M.S., August 2012 (B.S., Zhejiang Univ.)
Thesis title: “Parallel and Distributed Multi-Algorithm Circuit Simulation”
First employment: Nvidia, Santa Clara, California
- Jingzhen Hu, M.S., May 2012 (B.S., Beijing Univ. of Posts and
Telecommunications)
Thesis title: “Biophysically accurate Brain Modeling and Simulation Using Hybrid MPI/OpenMP Parallel Processing”
First employment: Advanced Micro Devices(AMD), Sunnyvale, California
- Yue Deng, M.S., May 2012 (B.S., Xi'an Jiaotong Univ.)
Thesis title: “SAT-based Verification for Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuits”
First employment: Zipalog, Plano, Texas
- Mingchao Wang, M.S., May 2012 (B.S., Zhejiang Univ.)
Thesis title: “Large-Scale Simulation of Neural Networks with Biophysically Accurate Models on Graphics Processors”
First employment: Mentor Graphics, Oregon
- Amandeep Singh, M.S., May 2011 (B.E., Punjab Engineering
College)
Thesis title: “Behavioral model equivalence checking for large analog/mixed signal systems”
First employment: Cypress Semiconductors, California
- Parijat Mukherjee , M.S., December 2010 (B.S., National Institute
of Tech., Tiruchirappalli) Thesis title: “Automatic stability
checking for large analog circuits”
(Pursued PhD student in the same group)
- Shivananda Reddy, M.E., December 2010.
First employment: Nvidia, Santa Clara, California
- Hsiang-Wen Chiu, M.E., December 2010.
- Srinath Narasimhan, M.S., May 2010 (Defended in Nov. 2009)
Thesis title: “Circuit Optimization Using Efficient Parallel Pattern Search”
First employment: Intel Corp., Hillsboro, Oregon
- Akshit Dayal, M.S., December 2009
Thesis title: “Robust Optimization of Nanometer SRAM Designs”
First employment: Texas Instruments, Houston, Texas
- Chang Zhao, M.S., December 2009
Thesis title: “Statistical Performance Modeling of SRAMs”
First employment: Precision Reservoir Modeling Inc., Houston, TX
Current position: Synopsys, Hillsboro, Oregon
- Vaidyanatha Sambasivan, M.E., December 2009
First employment: Nvidia Corp., Santa Clara, California
- Ramanathan Swaminathan, M.E., December 2009
First employment: ARM Inc., San Jose, California
- Arunprasad Venkatraman, M.E., August 2009
First employment: Nvidia Corp., Santa Clara, California
- Tong Zhu, M.E., August 2008
- Xiaoji Ye, M.S., August 2007
Thesis title: “Fast High-Order Variation-Aware IC Interconnect Analysis”
Pursued Ph.D. in the same group
- Jihun Oh, M.E., May 2006 (pursued Ph.D. at U. of Minnesota)
Past Undergraduate Researchers
- Suil Lee, currently M.S. student, ECE, TAMU
- Ayaz Abdullah
- Abdullah Alquwayzani
- Paul Crouther, currently Ph. D. student, CS, UMass
- Jui Yen Chua
- Peter Adkins
- Patrick Cramer
- Trung Le
- Andy Chang
- Catherine Ockman
- Jong Hyun Park
Past Post-Doctoral Fellows and Visitors
- William Jiang, Academic Affiliate, (B.S. in physics, UCSB, 2019-2020)
- Changqing Xu, visiting Ph.D. student (B.S. & M.S., Ph.D., Xidian University, 2018-2019)
- Xuchong Zhang, Visiting Ph. D. student, Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, Xi'an Jiaotong University (Oct 2017 - September 2018)
- Dr. Xiaoyu Xu, Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2015 - 2016 )
- Dr. Song Qiu, East China Normal University (2016- 2017)
- Dr. Dani A. Tannir, Lebanese American University (Fulbright Scholar, July 2014 to October 2014)
- Yue Shi, Chengdu University of Information Technology (2014 - 2015)
- Prof. Liang Feng, Department of Microelectronics, Xi’an Jiaotong University (2011 - 2012)
- Dr. Boyuan Yan, Postdoctoral research fellow (2010 - 2012) (Ph.D., University of California, Riverside); currently research faculty at Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University